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ADJ-GRADED
極其的;極度的
Extreme means very great in degree or intensity.
例句
The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.
女孩子們害怕蛇，走路時(shí)格外小心。
...people living in extreme poverty.
生活極度貧困的人們
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ADJ-GRADED
極端的
You use extreme to describe situations and behaviour which are much more severe or unusual than you would expect, especially when you disapprove of them because of this.
例句
The extreme case was Poland, where 29 parties won seats...
極端的例子是波蘭，共有29個(gè)政黨擁有議席。
It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme...
很難想象萊恩克爾能做出如此極端的事情。
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ADJ-GRADED
偏激的;過(guò)激的
You use extreme to describe opinions, beliefs, or political movements which you disapprove of because they are very different from those that most people would accept as reasonable or normal.
例句
This extreme view hasn't captured popular opinion.
這種偏激的觀點(diǎn)未被大眾接受。
...the racist politics of the extreme right.
極右派的種族主義政治
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N-COUNT
極端；完全相反的事物
You can use extremes to refer to situations or types of behaviour that have opposite qualities to each other, especially when each situation or type of behaviour has such a quality to the greatest degree possible.
例句
...a 'middle way' between the extremes of success and failure...
成功和失敗這兩個(gè)極端之間的“中間地帶”
They can withstand extremes of temperature and weather without fading or cracking.
它們能夠經(jīng)受極端的氣溫和天氣狀況而不褪色、不破裂。
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ADJ-GRADED
盡頭的;末端的
The extreme end or edge of something is its furthest end or edge.
例句
...the room at the extreme end of the corridor.
在走廊盡頭的那個(gè)房間
...winds from the extreme north.
從極北吹來(lái)的風(fēng)
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PHRASE
走極端;使…至極端
If a person goes to extremes or takes something to extremes, they do or say something in a way that people consider to be unacceptable, unreasonable, or foolish.
例句
The police went to the extremes of installing the most advanced safety devices in the man's house...
警方采取極端措施，在那個(gè)男子家里安裝了最先進(jìn)的安全裝置。
The doctor told me not to mention dieting to her in case she took it to the extreme...
醫(yī)生告訴我不要跟她提節(jié)食的事兒，免得她走極端。
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PHRASE
（用于形容詞后，尤用于強(qiáng)調(diào)不好或令人驚訝的事）極其，極度
You use in the extreme after an adjective in order to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you want to indicate that it is something which is undesirable or very surprising.
例句
It is proving controversial in the extreme...
事實(shí)證明它極具爭(zhēng)議。
Our rows become unhealthy in the extreme.
我們的爭(zhēng)吵變得極其有害。